on Feasting On Asphalt: I wanted to do a project to go out and try to pretend that the big freeways don't exist and the big fast-food restaurants don't exist and that you can still have yourself a high old time if you pay attention, are willing to meet strangers -- which, in this culture, we're not so big on anymore really -- and kind of be willing to let the unexpected happen.

The problem now is that even the really great little mom-and-pop places are trying to make themselves more like the thing that's trying to kill them. You know,…

In the end, all journeys are spiritual. So go off the main road. Be givers of hospitality and gracious takers of it too. Accept the serendipitous moments of li…

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me…

I'd rather be in Las Vegas 104 degrees than New York 90 degrees, you know why? Legalized prostitution. In any weather that takes the edge off.

Well there is a lot of great music out there but sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to find it.

One of the most unfortunate things about being an unfit Englishman cycling long distances in France is the number of signs that yell 'PAIN' down every high str…